Sand stargazer

The Sand stargazer lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 0 - 29 m environment.

Dactyloscopus amnis, a new sand stargazer from rivers of the Pacific slope of southern Mexico Authors: Miller, R.R. Briggs, J.C. More

Use Sand stargazer in a SentenceSee web results for Sand stargazerSee images of Sand stargazer–noun a fish of the family Dactyloscopidae, esp. More

The New Zealand sand stargazer, Crapatalus novaezelandiae, is a southern sandfish of the family Leptoscopidae, found around New Zealand in shallow sandy areas, particularly harbours and estuaries. Its length is up to 45 cm. More

Sand stargazers are blennioids; perciform marine fish of the odd family Dactyloscopidae. Found in temperate to tropical waters of North and South America; some may also inhabit brackish environments.. More

comprises the sand stargazers, which have eyes also set high in the head. They are found in the Atlantic Ocean in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Stargazers of both families are classified in the phylum Chordata Chordata (kôrdā`tə,–dä`–) ..... More

It differs from other Atlantic sand stargazers in that it has a tube in the last lateral line scale at the base of the caudal fin. DISTRIBUTION Bermuda, northeastern Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, and the Caribbean as far as Brazil. More

comprises the sand stargazers, which have eyes also set high in the head. They are found in the Atlantic Ocean in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. More

Dactyloscopus poeyi Gill, 1861 - common sand stargazer, common sand stargazer, mir More

Giant Sand Stargazer Photos and Species Information for Fish Caught in Mexico See current, on-the-spot sportfishing reports and photographs of fish caught at Mexico's top vacation spots in this week's edition of "Mexico Fishing News" and see hundreds of other fish pictures and More

Dactyloscopus tridigitatus, the sand stargazer, common in sandy areas throughout the Caribbean. Ben, coralreeffish.com * Login or register to post comments © REEF 2007 | Terms of use | Site design by Ben Weintraub. More

sand stargazer - small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head; they burrow in sand to await preypercoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order PerciformesDactyloscopidae, family Dactyloscopidae - More

Common names

Mira-céu-da-areia in Portuguese (Português)
miraestrellas ojilargo in Spanish (español)
Mirón ojilargo in Spanish (español)
Sand stargazer in English
Sterngucker in German (Deutsch)
指鰧 in Chinese (中文)
指鰧 in Mandarin Chinese

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